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59 articles.
Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Surjadi leaves a legacy of progress

Surjadi leaves a legacy of progressBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): After serving the city for five years, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, who is known for his discipline, modesty and consistency, ends his term of office on Monday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Oct. 3, 1997: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ---------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Garuda gets half of haj fare

Garuda gets half of haj fare JAKARTA: More than half of the total haj pilgrimage fare goes to PT Garuda Indonesia to pay for airfare, an official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs said yesterday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Quake causes billions in losses

Quake causes billions in losses UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The earthquake that shook the province Sunday caused losses of about Rp 11.7 billion (US$3.9 million), Antara reported yesterday.The quake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, hit the areas of Pinrang, Pare-pare, Sidrap and Barru.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/'RCTI' goes online

'RCTI' goes online JAKARTA (JP): Privately-owned TV station RCTI has gone online through Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Thursday, featuring dynamic visual, text and audio displays.RCTI president M.S.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Currency crisis won't affect APEC forum: U.S.

Currency crisis won't affect APEC forum: U.S. JAKARTA (JP): A senior United States official is confident that the Southeast Asian currency crisis will not have irreparable long-term effects nor be detrimental to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.U.S.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Rupiah breaks 3,700 barrier against dollar

Rupiah breaks 3,700 barrier against dollar JAKARTA (JP): The rupiah broke yesterday the 3,700 barrier as the rush for U.S. dollars continued on the local foreign currency market.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Coordination urged in capital's development

Coordination urged in capital's development JAKARTA (JP): An expert called yesterday for a clear-cut difference between the city agency in charge of coordinating development programs in Greater Jakarta and the new coordination team formed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas), to ...
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Pedicab and cart drivers rap with legislative councilors

Pedicab and cart drivers rap with legislative councilors YOGYAKARTA (JP): Many becak (pedicab) and andong (horse-drawn cart) drivers were seen mingling with lawyers, journalists, students and social activists yesterday in the first rap session held by the local legislative council.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/A house of cards?

A house of cards? While many politicians and observers underscore President Soeharto's call for a stronger House of Representatives -- on an equal footing with the presidency -- we can be sure that most of them have little or no idea whether or how this is possible.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Where to go in Jakarta:

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting and Ceramics Exhibition: Manusia dan Alam Pikirannya, works of Firman, Tisna Sanjaya, Agus Suwage and Suyatna, at the Lontar Gallery. Jl. Utan Kayu 68 H East Jakarta, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Oct. 28.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/One good turn deserves another

One good turn deserves anotherFrom Berita YudhaOne day last week about 10 p.m., I was riding my motorbike under the Semanggi (cloverleaf) bridge on Jl. Sudirman when my front tire became flat. Luckily there was somebody in the semidarkness who could help me.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/APEC summit urged to take bolder steps

APEC summit urged to take bolder stepsBy Vincent Lingga SANTIAGO, Chile (JP): The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) has urged the 18 economies grouped in APEC to take bolder steps to provide the private sector with greater certainty.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Soeharto to attend ABRI birthday

Soeharto to attend ABRI birthday JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto and Gen. (ret.) Abdul Haris Nasution will get a chance to show off their newly awarded fifth star tomorrow when they don their uniforms once again for the Armed Forces anniversary celebrations.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Morality: A piece in the national development puzzle

Morality: A piece in the national development puzzleBy Mochtar Buchori We are reprinting this article due to discrepancies in the Oct. 2 edition which were caused by technical problems.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/BI drives firms to sell dollars

BI drives firms to sell dollars JAKARTA (JP): Bank Indonesia, the central bank, introduced yesterday a new foreign exchange trading facility for export- oriented companies in its latest move to shore up the falling rupiah.Bank Indonesia Governor J.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Swiss musicians join singing stones in East Java

Swiss musicians join singing stones in East JavaBy Tarko Sudiarno PACITAN, EAST JAVA (JP): The shrill sound of a bell suddenly broke the silence in the darkness of Gong Cave, a natural cave in Bomo village, East Java.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Teacher killed, another injured by separatists

Teacher killed, another injured by separatists DILI, East Timor (JP): A school teacher was killed and another severely injured on Thursday afternoon when two separatist guerrillas allegedly attacked a primary school in Uathohako, Baucau, 160 kilometers east of here.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 2:00 p.m. News: Berita 14 2:30 Travel: My Country 2:45 Children's Film: The Crystal Maze 3:10 Environment Program: Pengawasan Pesisir 3:35 Travel: Wisata Nasional 4:00 Regional News 4:30 Sports 5:30 TV Series: Full House 6:00 News: Lintasan Berita 6:05 Nusantara, The ...
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/'No force' in foster parents donation

'No force' in foster parents donation JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto told organizers of the National Foster Parents Movement yesterday not to use force in collecting donations from the public.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Two gold medals dropped from SEAG events

Two gold medals dropped from SEAG events JAKARTA (JP): Two weightlifting gold medal events will be dropped from the 19th SEA Games because not enough countries have entered for them, the SEA Games training director said yesterday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/China puts Japan in firing line

China puts Japan in firing lineBy Edward Neilan TOKYO (JP): Like it or not, Japan is now irrevocably part of the greater "Taiwan Strait sea lanes" public debate that previously involved only the United States and China.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Porsche 911 Carrera carries on the tradition

Porsche 911 Carrera carries on the traditionBy Russell Williamson PORSCHE's new 911 Carrera, launched at the Frankfurt motor show last month is probably the most important incarnation of the classic model the German sports car manufacturer has produced.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Rhetoric by any other name

Rhetoric by any other name FRANKFURT: Anyone tracking trends in the car industry would have been struck by the number of new positioning statements carmakers are espousing.At this month's Frankfurt motor show, catch lines were almost as thick as new cars.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Global ecosystem in danger

Global ecosystem in danger The raging fires in Indonesia demonstrate how Southeast Asian nations have devoted huge resources to economic development at the expense of lifestyle and environmental improvements.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Firms' permits revoked for burning forests

Firms' permits revoked for burning forests JAKARTA (JP): The government revoked 151 wood-use licenses of 29 plantation and timber companies yesterday after they failed to present documents disproving the government's allegations that they were responsible for starting brush and forest fires.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Volvo's Indomobil and PT Timor delay new cars

Volvo's Indomobil and PT Timor delay new carsBy John Aglionby VOLVO and PT Timor Putra are two companies at opposite ends of the automotive spectrum.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Guidelines to be set up for emission tests

Guidelines to be set up for emission tests JAKARTA (JP): The administration is to set up guidelines on vehicle emission tests in Jakarta, according to the head of the city's environmental bureau, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/IPB, Cianjur to cooperate

IPB, Cianjur to cooperate BOGOR, West Java: The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) and the administration of Cianjur signed a cooperation agreement Thursday aimed at helping the area, known to be the traditional rice barn of West Java, to increase agricultural production.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Thai golfer takes over lead at Singapore PGA

Thai golfer takes over lead at Singapore PGABy Bobby Allan Wilson SINGAPORE (JP): One of Asia's most unorthodox and successful golfers, Thailand's Thammanoon Sriroj, opened up a three stroke lead yesterday at the end of the second round of the US$200,000 Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship at ...
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Bogor to set up disaster post

Bogor to set up disaster post BOGOR (JP): Bogor Mayor Eddy Gunardi ordered the town's district heads yesterday to each establish a disaster post to help improve disaster prevention management."The order is made in response to an instruction from Minister of Home Affairs No.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Much hope and doubt for new House leaders

Much hope and doubt for new House leaders JAKARTA (JP): New legislators praise and place great hope in the new leadership of the House of Representatives, but political observers express doubt whether the body will live up to expectations.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/LA cleans up

LA cleans up LOS ANGELES: It comes as no surprise to discover that Los Angeles, one of the United States' most polluted cities, has been chosen for the inaugural Automobiles and the Environment conference.It will allow carmakers to showcase their newest environmental technology.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/'Kompas' and TPI settle allegations amicably

'Kompas' and TPI settle allegations amicably JAKARTA (JP): The leading Kompas daily reached an amicable settlement with a group calling itself the Team of Defenders of Islam (TPI) following allegations that the daily had printed unfounded reports which were disruptive to the Islamic community.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Our environmental future

Our environmental future Global warming is real. And it is happening now. If present trends continue over the next 20 years, temperatures will go up by 1.2 degrees Celsius -- double the rise over the last 130 years.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Sea nomads prioritized

Sea nomads prioritized KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The province promised to prioritize children of the Bajau ethnic group, a nomadic people in the region, in its last day of the National Immunization Program (PIN) on Oct. 7, Antara reported.The agency quoted Dr.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Fast fighter

Fast fighter RENO, NEVADA: British fighter pilot Andy Green wrote his name in the history books when he became the fastest man on four wheels last Thursday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Volvo's hot-climate facility tests its cars to the limit

Volvo's hot-climate facility tests its cars to the limitBy T. Uncle SOMEWHERE out in the Nevada desert, where wind-blown tumbleweed ambles through the landscape and feathered, flightless roadrunners scuttle across the highways in a manner fascinatingly similar to their cartoon-screen equivalents, ...
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Stranded boat people deported

Stranded boat people deported SURABAYA, East Java: A boat carrying 39 Chinese that landed at a quay in Gresik, East Java, was sent back to the open sea Thursday afternoon escorted by an Indonesian naval vessel, Antara reported yesterday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Attempted robbery ends in beating

Attempted robbery ends in beating JAKARTA (JP): A crowd of angry residents in Kembangan, West Jakarta, beat up a 27-year-old man for attempting to rob a taxi driver, City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Woman faces one year in jail

Woman faces one year in jail JAKARTA (JP): An unemployed woman on trial on Thursday for possessing and smoking marijuana broke down when a prosecutor demanded a one-year jail term for her.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Sainz quits Ford

Sainz quits Ford MADRID: Carlos Sainz is leaving the Ford rally team to return to Toyota following the Japanese carmaker's return from a one- year ban.The Spaniard has won two world titles -- in 1990 and 1992 -- with Toyota, which returned to world rallying last month with its new Corolla.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Assembly split on human rights charter issue

Assembly split on human rights charter issue JAKARTA (JP): The campaign to establish a human rights charter as a powerful decree of the People Consultative's Assembly (MPR) faced further obstacles yesterday when the Armed Forces (ABRI) faction followed Golkar's rejection of the notion.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Two tried for heroin trafficking

Two tried for heroin trafficking JAKARTA (JP): Two expatriates from Ghana and Nigeria were indicted at the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday on charges of trafficking 450 grams of heroin.Prosecutor S.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/BankPos aims for customer expansion

BankPos aims for customer expansion JAKARTA (JP): PT Bank Pos Nusantara (BankPos), which was officially launched here yesterday, targets to significantly increase its customers to at least one million by 2002 from 3,000 currently registered, the bank's president Robert Leman said yesterday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Finding our way without a map

Finding our way without a map This is my 100th letter to appear in the "Your Letters" column of The Jakarta Post.Hitting a century in letter writing, more so in a single publication, must be something of a record.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Activists deplore poor support given to maid

Activists deplore poor support given to maid JAKARTA (JP): Human rights activists have expressed concern over the reported poor support given by the Indonesian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to Sulaita Anam Kafiran, who was executed in Mecca on Tuesday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Cambodia leaves turmoil for Games

Cambodia leaves turmoil for Games As the 19th SEA Games draw near, The Jakarta Post will run a profile of each the 10 participating countries starting on Oct. 3. The story below is the second in the series.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Another dead baby found

Another dead baby found JAKARTA (JP): A newborn baby was found dead on the first floor of the Kopro market in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta, yesterday, taking the death toll of abandoned babies sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital this year to 50.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Keep pressure on Netanyahu

Keep pressure on Netanyahu Even though U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has toned down her recent criticism of Israel's plans to build new houses in the Efrat settlement enclave near Bethlehem, the message is still loud and clear."Given the atmosphere that it was done in," Ms.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Waiting for black boxes

Waiting for black boxes Airplane crashes are attributable to among other things the weather, human factors (aircraft crew and air traffic controllers) or mechanical problems, which are in a way related to the mechanics or maintenance officers.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Kocinski to defend title at World Superbike C'ship

Kocinski to defend title at World Superbike C'ship JAKARTA (JP): American John Kocinski is set to defend his title at the World Superbike Championship at Sentul, near Bogor, Oct. 11 and Oct. 12.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/New 911 lives up to Porsch's image

New 911 lives up to Porsch's imageBy Russell Williamson THE car parked at the entrance to Chateau de la Messardiere, just outside St Tropez on the Cote d'Azure, was definitely a Porsche.The badge said so.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Little known Dewi wins Srikandi Cup

Little known Dewi wins Srikandi Cup JAKARTA (JP): Playing patiently and consistently proved the winning formula for little-known Dewi Suhartati from Medan's Deli Golf Club in the prestigious Srikandi Cup.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Star Mild team ready for national drag race

Star Mild team ready for national drag race JAKARTA (JP): The Star Mild team drivers are set to capture their third national drag race title at Sentul, near Bogor this afternoon.Robert J. Paul of Canada, in a BMW M3, will lead the team. Ronny Hermawan, in a Ford RS200, is the team's second driver.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Choice wins deal to manage Quality Hotel

Choice wins deal to manage Quality Hotel JAKARTA (JP): PT Elangperkasa Pratama, a unit of the Bakrie Group, has appointed PT Choice Hotels Indonesia to manage the Aquila Hotel Jakarta, renamed Quality Hotel Jakarta.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/Brotherly love

Brotherly love NURBURGRING: Ralf Schumacher believes he does not need to apologize to his brother Michael, even though he may have cost him the world championship in a first corner accident at the Luxembourg Grand Prix in Germany last Sunday.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/The military versus civilian dilemma

The military versus civilian dilemma I felt uncomfortable reading Juwono Sudarsono's recent statement in The Jakarta Post (Sept. 15) that civilians were not ready to lead this nation until 2005. He said it was the military that was ready to do so.
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Sat, 04 Oct 1997

JP/MPR sets up committee to elect president and VP

MPR sets up committee to elect president and VP JAKARTA (JP): The general session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) concluded yesterday the establishment of a complete lineup of the Assembly's working committee whose tasks will include electing a president and vice president.
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